Table Tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four
players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using
small bats. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net.
Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows:
players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce one time on
their side of the table, and must return it so that it bounces on the
opposite side at least once. A point is scored when a player fails to
return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick
reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an
opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage.
Table tennisTable tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International
Table
TennisTennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926
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Hungarian People's Republic
The Hungarian People's
RepublicRepublic (Hungarian: Magyar Népköztársaság)
refers to the period of Hungarian history that covers from 20 August
1949[4] until 23 October 1989 when the country was ruled as a
socialist republic (communist state).[5] It was governed by the
Socialist Workers' Party, which was under the influence of the Soviet
Union[1] pursuant to the Moscow Conference during which Winston
Churchill and
Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin had agreed that after the war
HungaryHungary was
to be allocated to the Soviet sphere of influence.[6] [7]
The People's
RepublicRepublic of
HungaryHungary remained in existence until 1989 when
opposition forces consolidated in forcing upon the government to
abandon communism. The state considered itself the heir to the
Hungarian Soviet Republic, which was formed in 1919 as the first
communist state created after Soviet Russia
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Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia[1] (/ˌtʃɛkoʊsloʊˈvækiə,
-kə-, -slə-, -ˈvɑː-/;[2][3] Czech and Slovak: Československo,
Česko-Slovensko[4][5]), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that
existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech
Republic and
SlovakiaSlovakia on 1 January 1993.
From 1939 to 1945, following its forced division and partial
incorporation into Nazi Germany, the state did not de facto exist but
its government-in-exile continued to operate.
From 1948 to 1990,
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia was part of the Soviet bloc with a
command economy. Its economic status was formalized in membership of
ComeconComecon from 1949 and its defense status in the
Warsaw PactWarsaw Pact of May
1955
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